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“That's exactly it—I am crazy sad, and somewhere deep inside, all I want is to fly.”
― The Sky Is Everywhere
― The Sky Is Everywhere
“Yes, I see that you are behaving like a prince but that doesn't mean you won't behave like a devil at the first opportunity.”
― A Discovery of Witches
― A Discovery of Witches
“There are people, she once wrote, who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today got it right the first time. It is like telling a crawling baby who tries to walk, and then falls back on his buttocks, to stay there. As if the adults walking past him did not all crawl, once.”
― Purple Hibiscus
― Purple Hibiscus
“I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had so little magic in it. I needed to understand how they convinced themselves that magic wasn’t important.”
― A Discovery of Witches
― A Discovery of Witches
“People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the Bane entering cottages at daybreak is more monstrous than they are. They feel better then. They find it easier to live.”
― The Last Wish
― The Last Wish
Paula Melisa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Paula Melisa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science fiction, Spirituality, and Travel
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